Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.

If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.

I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.

This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.

The way that you remember your life, it's never linear. You have flashes of different moments of your life, and the flashes aren't equal; they have different styles.

I don't make a career plan. I take things the way they come.